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Confounding Doan
http://www.extension.umn.edu/distrib...nts/7266a.html
B. Some Recent National and Minnesota Data It is the belief of Murray Straus and Ron Pitzer, based on their observations and "taking of the public pulse," that there has been: 1) a notable drop in the acceptance of spanking as a necessary or even appropriate parental action, and 2) a probable decrease in the use of physical punishment by parents. One indicator of this change is the surprising lack of resistance and objection Straus and the "Positive Parenting" team have received to this message in the past two to three years. We are aware of only a little research to support or refute this contention. Among that which does is the following: Endorsement of Physical Punishment (Proportion of respondents who agreed that "a good hard spanking is sometimes necessary to discipline a child.") Year Straus & Mathur Gallup Goodhue .....see the chart at.... http://www.extension.umn.edu/distrib...nts/7266a.html As can be seen, these studies show a steady decline since 1986 in the proportion of respondents who agree that "a good, hard spanking is sometimes necessary to discipline a child." As also can be seen, the Goodhue County MN data shows a considerably lower proportion of spanking supporters than found in most studies to this date. This may be because: 1) Minnesota parents tend to be less punitive toward their children than are parents from other parts of the country. OR 2) There has been a reduction in spanking in recent years. Probably both are true. The following data show that Minnesota parents also report less actual use of spanking, slapping, and hitting than have most studies. The first six columns show the proportion of parents who reported spanking their children (in the past six months) never, once, twice, 3-10 times, and 11-20 times-by age of child. The last column shows averages from several national studies for selected ages of children (for purposes of comparative perspective). ......see more data at: http://www.extension.umn.edu/distrib...nts/7266a.html |
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